See These Bones

The Murder of Crows, Book 1

By: Chris Tullbane

Narrated by: Joseph Vernon

Some superheroes want to save the world. Damian is just hoping to save himself. In the post-Break world of superpowers, necromancy is the one gift nobody wants. Everyone knows what happens to Crows; they go mad and they go bad. That's the story of infamous mass murderers like Crimson Death, Gravedigger, and Sally Cemetery. It's also the story of David Jameson, an otherwise unremarkable man who came home one day and killed his wife, orphaning their five-year-old son, Damian.

Thirteen years later, Damian has inherited more than just grey eyes and a beak of a nose from his father. He too is a Crow, doomed to become a killer unless he can find a way to avoid the violent madness endemic to his powers. When a Finder offers enrollment at Los Angeles' Academy of Superheroes, he jumps at the chance, believing training could be the key to changing his fate. His classmates despise him, the majority of his teachers want him expelled, and his mom's ghost hasn't said a word since reappearing when he was nine, but Damian isn't the kind to give up. He's going to take control of his destiny or die in the process. It's that or end up like his father.

See These Bones is a post-apocalyptic, superhero, coming-of-age ghost story...with expletives.

©2019 Chris Tullbane (P)2020 Chris Tullbane

A really fun book

Not only was the story excellent but the narration was also excellent. I’m already downloading the next one.

thought it was just another superhero book

A little darker than I thought but I enjoyed that. The main character struggles alot. sometimes his personality seems a bit childish but he is only 18 and had a rough life. slowed down for me at the end a little bit but overall I liked it. Just bought the second one and hoping the pacing is a little bit better

A great first listen from this author

Without discussing the other aspects of the plot or feel of the book, this story had possibly the best written examples of combat that I've personally encountered. If I was a budding author attempting to write a piece with action in it, See These Bones would be in my top 5 research materials.

In the age where media is flooded by trending superhero fiction, this book managed to stay interesting and relatively unpredictable throughout.

While I believe the narration may leave some people dissatisfied, the sleepy tone left me feeling relaxed. The narrator sounds mostly like a barely awake Howard Stern but he made it work.

I would very much recommend this book and am sorry that at the time of my writing this review the sequel isn't available on audible.

Engaging series, looking forward to more.

For me, this was an absorbing story with imaginative world-building and a different take on the superhero genre. Just ordered the second in the series, because I need to know where this story goes!

Interesting story from the viewpoint of a “Villain”?

Teen angst done well for a change. Characters are developed with interesting backstories. World development was well done and brought to life by the narrator.